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Opinions about a monitor upgrade.

SokV
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Hello everyone, 

 

I've recently visited a friend's house who bought a new TV for his living room (a 40-inch, ~500€ screen) and we decided to test it out by watching some cinematic trailers of games. The moment I saw the first trailer I was shocked at the quality of the screen, mainly the colors. The only thing I could compare it to was my SyncMaster P2370HD PC monitor, and boy did it look like crap compared to the TV.

 

After that incident, I decided that I wanted to upgrade my status from filthy peasant to glorious highlord  my monitor, but I faced a problem I couldn't overcome and thus I wanted opinions. The thing is, I play a lot of games on my PC, and as such, I know that a gaming monitor is (or should be) quite different from a standard TV/media-consumption monitor. I understand the importance of low latency, high refresh rates and resolution for playing games, and that these attributes are not found (for a reasonable price) in IPS panels. With that in mind, and given the fact that my GPU is a GTX 660 so it can't really push anything more than 1080p60 and also the fact that I'm coming from that aforementioned P2370HD, my question is: Should I buy an IPS monitor to satisfy my optical needs or should I buy a proper gaming monitor (with g-sync)?

 

For the moment, my eyes are on this IPS monitor http://www.lg.com/in/monitors/lg-24MP77HM which costs around 270 €, so depending on your answer I'd also like a monitor suggestion, if possible!

 

Thanks in advance!

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Should I buy an IPS monitor to satisfy my optical needs or should I buy a proper gaming monitor (with g-sync)?

 

 

Hi. Just buy the one in my Sig and you have all the shiny stuff.

 

27" IPS 1440p 144hz gsync. 

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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Hi. Just buy the one in my Sig and you have all the shiny stuff.

 

27" IPS 1440p 144hz gsync. 

It does provide everything, but it is too expensive. Plus, at 1440p my GPU wouldn't be able to cope. I was looking for a monitor with <400€ price.

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Hmmm. Ok didnt see that.The XB240HAbpr is maybe in your pricerange.

CPU i7 6700k MB  MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO

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